Tim Buckley’s, self-titled, 1966 debut marks the latest entry in the Rhino Handmade series. I have an extra copy to send to an AD reader. The two-disc set includes both the stereo and mono versions of the debut, plus a second disc of nearly two dozen unreleased recordings Buckley made in 1965 with The Bohemians and in 1966 with frequent songwriting partner Larry Beckett. Check out the details, deluxe packaging notes, etc. here.

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My favorite record is Goodbye and Hello, although I love the first one, too. My favorite song is probably “Wings” from the first disc. I love the over-the-top production with strings, etc. It pretty much defines the Elektra style and sound, circa 1966.

Tough call … I bought all his studio albums (LPs) from Tim Buckley (1966) through Greetings From L.A. (1972). They’re all different .. and good … and favorites depending on my taste at the moment. If I had to pick one album, it would be Starsailor; but to spread it out, I would pick ‘Once I Was’ from Goodbye and Hello as my song. I was fortunate to see Tim during the tour for Greeting From L.A. A great show and he is missed!!

side 2 of lorca is about as out there you can get…and out there is what tim was. looking at that first album cover i’ve always wondered how bad could things be that you could look like that on your debut. i’m taking my tim buckley albums with me…..

picked up goodbye and hello on a whim a number of years back in a thrift store. like claiming another man’s trash it has sat on my player as true nod of finding something great in the lowest of places. which in turn tim would agree to …

According to my iTunes this is the Tim Buckley song I’ve played the most, and I’ve played them all thousands of times. It would be impossible to pick a favorite except for this cold, objective measurement.

Favorite Buckley record at the moment is probably Goodbye & Hello (favorite tracks there being “Once I Was” and “I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain”), but then again I’ve never even heard his first record, so there may be more beautiful songs out there that I don’t even know about! And Lorca actually cuts a close second.

During my first Astral Weeks binge, my dad gave me his Happy Sad record, and I can safely say that record changed my life. Recently, I’ve been possessed by his Dream Letter version of “Love from Room 109 / Strange Feelin’,” when he channels a mockingbird singing on a hillside… his voice makes my insides dance like a circus. Buzzin’ Fly, though, will always be my favorite, if only because it so perfectly captures that feeling of happy sad.

The first Tim Buckley album I ever heard was ‘Greetings From L.A.’, which is probably why it remains my favourite of his, and one of my Top 10 albums of all time. Huge call, but his 4 octave vocal range always boggles my mind and I’ll never forget first hearing it on that album. I recommended it to everyone I knew, but because nobody listens to me only 1 friend actually bought it. He hated it. Gutted.